Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded with the UN’s highest environmental honour, bestowed upon five other individuals and organisations also, for his leadership of the International Solar Alliance and pledge to eliminate use of plastic in India by 2022. French President Emmanuel...

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, Saying  sufficient security measures are taken to protect data and it is difficult to launch surveillance on citizens on the basis of Aadhaar. But the top court ruled that the order...

Time has come for parliament to keep criminals away by bringing law, the Supreme Court said today on petitions asking that lawmakers facing criminal charges be barred from contesting elections or be disqualified after conviction."We are not in a position to add disqualification of candidates...

Nine years after the foundation stone of Sikkim's first - and only - airport was laid, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Pakyong airport today. The greenfield airport is expected to improve the connectivity to the land-locked state nestled in the Himalayas and give a boost...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet the heads of public sectors banks (PSBs) next week as part of the annual financial performance review exercise. The meeting scheduled for September 25 would discuss a host of issues, including progress made with regard to reduction in non-performing...